Seeking safety: a focus group study of young adults' cannabis-related attitudes, and behavior in a state with legalized recreational cannabis.

abstract：BACKGROUND:This study aimed to investigate the development of opioid tolerance in patients receiving long-term methadone maintenance treatment (MMT). METHODS:A region-wide cross-sectional study was performed focusing on dosage and duration of treatment. Differences between racemic methadone and levomethadone were exam...

journal_title：Harm reduction journal

authors： Gutwinski S,Schoofs N,Stuke H,Riemer TG,Wiers CE,Bermpohl F

更新日期：2016-02-16 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Smoking cessation treatment service is concerned to be a critical element in methadone maintenance treatment (MMT) in order to diminish the effect of smoke on health outcomes. To implement the smoking cessation services in Vietnam, we examined the stages of change to quit and determined associated factors am...

journal_title：Harm reduction journal

authors： Tran BX,Nguyen LH,Do HP,Nguyen NP,Phan HT,Dunne M,Latkin C

更新日期：2015-10-30 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:In 2008, one of the oldest fixed site needle exchanges in a large urban city in Canada was closed due to community pressure. This service had been in existence for over 20 years. CASE DESCRIPTION:This case study focuses on the consequences of the switch to mobile needle exchange services immediately after...

journal_title：Harm reduction journal

authors： Macneil J,Pauly B

更新日期：2010-05-25 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Treatment of hepatitis C (HCV) among people who inject drugs (PWID) is a critical component of efforts to eliminate viral hepatitis. A recent study found high HCV prevalence among PWID in two cities, Pretoria (84%) and Cape Town (44%). Very few (< 5%) HCV-infected individuals attended follow-up appointments....

journal_title：Harm reduction journal

authors： Versfeld A,McBride A,Scheibe A,Spearman CW

更新日期：2020-06-10 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The current illicit drug overdose crisis within North America and other countries requires expanded and new responses to address unpredictable and potentially lethal substances, including fentanyl analogues, in the unregulated drug market. Community-wide drug checking is being increasingly explored as one su...

journal_title：Harm reduction journal

authors： Wallace B,van Roode T,Pagan F,Phillips P,Wagner H,Calder S,Aasen J,Pauly B,Hore D

更新日期：2020-05-12 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In some countries, "Big Events" like crises and transitions have been followed by large increases in drug use, drug injection and HIV/AIDS. Argentina experienced an economic crisis and political transition in 2001/2002 that affected how people use their time. This paper studies how time use changes between y...

journal_title：Harm reduction journal

authors： Rossi D,Zunino Singh D,Pawlowicz MP,Touzé G,Bolyard M,Mateu-Gelabert P,Sandoval M,Friedman SR

更新日期：2011-01-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Alcohol and other drug misuse are significant but neglected public health issues in conflict-affected populations. In this article, we review the literature on the challenges and strategies for implementing substance misuse treatment and prevention services in conflict and post-conflict settings in low- and middle-inc...

journal_title：Harm reduction journal

authors： Greene MC,Kane JC,Khoshnood K,Ventevogel P,Tol WA

更新日期：2018-11-28 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In 2016, the Australian federal government passed legislation enabling a range of cannabis-based products to be prescribed to patients by registered healthcare professionals. An online survey conducted immediately prior to these legislative changes found that the vast majority of respondents at the time were...

journal_title：Harm reduction journal

authors： Lintzeris N,Mills L,Suraev A,Bravo M,Arkell T,Arnold JC,Benson MJ,McGregor IS

更新日期：2020-06-08 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The COVID-19 pandemic led to the closure of the IDEA syringe services program medical student-run free clinic in Miami, Florida. In an effort to continue to serve the community of people who inject drugs and practice compassionate and non-judgmental care, the students transitioned the clinic to a model of Te...

journal_title：Harm reduction journal

authors： Castillo M,Conte B,Hinkes S,Mathew M,Na CJ,Norindr A,Serota DP,Forrest DW,Deshpande AR,Bartholomew TS,Tookes HE

更新日期：2020-11-17 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Patients with substance use disorders grow older thanks to effective treatments. Together with a high prevalence of comorbidities, psychological problems, and low social support, these patients are at high risk for medication non-adherence. Established treatment facilities face challenges to accommodate thes...

journal_title：Harm reduction journal

authors： Allemann SS,Dürsteler KM,Strasser J,Vogel M,Stoeckle M,Hersberger KE,Arnet I

更新日期：2017-08-16 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:There is paucity of data on the smoking habits of rural populations in developing countries. This study aimed to explore cigarette smoking practices of a rural community in Ethiopia. METHODS:A community based cross-sectional study was conducted among 548 individuals from a random sample of households in a r...

journal_title：Harm reduction journal

authors： Reda AA,Kotz D,Biadgilign S

更新日期：2013-10-31 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND RATIONALE:The HIV epidemic in Vietnam has from its start been concentrated among injecting drug users. Vietnam instituted the 2006 HIV/AIDS Law which includes comprehensive harm reduction measures, but these are unevenly accepted and inadequately implemented. Ward police are a major determinant of risk f...

journal_title：Harm reduction journal

authors： Jardine M,Crofts N,Monaghan G,Morrow M

更新日期：2012-07-09 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Options for opioid agonist therapy (OAT) are expanding with the development of prolonged-release (also known as extended-release) 1-week, 1-month, and 6-month formulations of buprenorphine. There is an assumption that patients will welcome these new treatments and medication adherence will correspondingly in...

journal_title：Harm reduction journal

authors： Neale J,Tompkins CNE,Strang J

更新日期：2019-04-03 00:00:00

abstract：: In their commentary, Dar and Frenk call into question the validity of all published data that describe the onset of nicotine addiction. They argue that the data that describe the early onset of nicotine addiction is so different from the conventional wisdom that it is irrelevant. In this rebuttal, the author argues t...

journal_title：Harm reduction journal

authors： Difranza JR

更新日期：2010-11-04 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Greece has the highest smoking rates (in the 15-nation bloc) in Europe. The purpose of this study was to investigate Greek smokers' intention and appraisal of capability to quit employing the theoretical frameworks of Decisional Balance (DB) and Cognitive Dissonance (CD). METHODS:A cross-sectional study inc...

journal_title：Harm reduction journal

authors： Loumakou M,Brouskeli V,Sarafidou JO

更新日期：2006-03-29 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Recovery from substance use disorder (SUD) is often considered at odds with harm reduction strategies. More recently, harm reduction has been categorized as both a pathway to recovery and a series of services to reduce the harmful consequences of substance use. Peer recovery support services (PRSS) are effec...

journal_title：Harm reduction journal

authors： Ashford RD,Curtis B,Brown AM

更新日期：2018-10-22 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Gambling has quickly emerged as an important global public health issue. With new technologies used to develop high intensity gambling products and promotions aimed at driving consumption, public health organisations and researchers, community groups, and politicians have argued for a range of regulatory and...

journal_title：Harm reduction journal

authors： Thomas SL,Randle M,Bestman A,Pitt H,Bowe SJ,Cowlishaw S,Daube M

更新日期：2017-07-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Substance-using women who exchange sex for money, drugs or shelter as a means of basic subsistence (ie. survival sex) have remained largely at the periphery of HIV and harm reduction policies and services across Canadian cities. This is notwithstanding global evidence of the multiple harms faced by this population, in...

journal_title：Harm reduction journal

authors： Shannon K,Bright V,Allinott S,Alexson D,Gibson K,Tyndall MW,Maka Project Partnership.

更新日期：2007-12-08 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Ongoing legal and social discrimination, and stigmatization of people with lived experience of drug use (PWLE) continues to contribute to overdose-related deaths in Canada. The involvement of PWLE working in harm reduction services has proven effective in decreasing drug-related harms among PWLE; however, th...

journal_title：Harm reduction journal

authors： People with Lived Expertise of Drug Use National Working Group.,Austin T,Boyd J

更新日期：2021-01-06 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Smoking is endemic amongst people accessing homeless services, and they are disproportionately affected by smoking-related diseases. This paper reports on the results of a 3-month small scale intervention which explored the efficacy, challenges and opportunities of using electronic nicotine delivery systems ...

journal_title：Harm reduction journal

authors： Scheibein F,McGirr K,Morrison A,Roche W,Wells JSG

更新日期：2020-10-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Whilst unsupervised injectable methadone and diamorphine treatment has been part of the British treatment system for decades, the numbers receiving injectable opioid treatment (IOT) has been steadily diminishing in recent years. In contrast, there has been a recent expansion of supervised injectable diamorphine progra...

journal_title：Harm reduction journal

authors： Lintzeris N,Strang J,Metrebian N,Byford S,Hallam C,Lee S,Zador D,RIOTT Group.

更新日期：2006-09-27 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Methadone maintenance treatment is the most widely prescribed treatment for opiate dependence with proven benefits for patients. In naïve users or in case of recreational misuse, methadone can be a source of potentially lethal intoxications, resulting in fatal overdoses. A few cases of infantile intoxication...

journal_title：Harm reduction journal

authors： Dupuy G,Cavalcanti L,Bourgogne E,Brichant-Petitjean C,Gomberoff L,Bloch V,Bellivier F,Lépine JP,Laprévote O,Vorspan F

更新日期：2014-07-02 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The growing HIV epidemic in Eastern Europe and Central Asia has been driven by high rates of injection drug use. The Republic of Georgia has among the highest injection drug use rates globally, with a prevalence of 2.24%. The reach of evidence-based HIV prevention interventions like needle and syringe progra...

journal_title：Harm reduction journal

authors： Otiashvili D,Kirtadze I,Vardanashvili I,Tabatadze M,Ober AJ

更新日期：2019-03-21 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:To examine the predictors of continued drug- and sex-related HIV-risk behaviors among drug users in methadone maintenance therapy (MMT) programs in China. METHODS:We followed a sample of 5,035 drug users enrolled for the first time in MMT programs at baseline, 6 months, and 12 months utilizing a longitudina...

journal_title：Harm reduction journal

authors： Chen W,Xia Y,Hong Y,Hall BJ,Ling L

更新日期：2013-10-10 00:00:00

abstract：:With a worldwide prevalence of 15.4%, hepatitis C virus (HCV) has been estimated to be the most prevalent major infectious disease in prisons. The exceptionally high prevalence of HCV in prisons is attributable to common risk behaviors including sharing contaminated tattooing equipment and drug paraphernalia, as well ...

journal_title：Harm reduction journal

authors： Moazen B,Stöver H,Dolan K,Jahn A,Neuhann F

更新日期：2020-05-24 00:00:00

abstract：:A decade of research in Switzerland, The Netherlands, Germany, and Spain now constitutes a massive body of work supporting the use of heroin treatment for the most difficult patients addicted to opiates. These trials concur on this method's safety and efficacy and are now serving as a prelude to the institution of her...

journal_title：Harm reduction journal

authors： Small D,Drucker E,Editorial for Harm Reduction Journal.

更新日期：2006-05-02 00:00:00

abstract：:The findings of our research show that while police play multiple roles in the fight against drug-related crime, they often perceived their tasks - especially preventing and controlling drug use on the one hand, and supporting harm reduction on the other - as contradictory, and this creates tensions in their work and ...

journal_title：Harm reduction journal

authors： Khuat TH,Nguyen VA,Jardine M,Moore T,Bui TH,Crofts N

更新日期：2012-07-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Harm reduction is a controversial model for treating drug users, with little formal research available on its operation and effectiveness. In order to advance the field, we first conducted participatory research of harm reduction with 120 clients using nominal-group technique to develop culturally relevant outcomes to...

journal_title：Harm reduction journal

authors： Rogers SJ,Ruefli T

更新日期：2004-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:During the 1990s, the New York Police Department (NYPD) greatly expanded arrests for smoking marijuana in public view (MPV). By 2000, MPV accounted for 15% of all arrests. The NYPD's supporters report this arrest activity is just part of quality-of-life (QOL) policing, which seeks to promote order in public ...

journal_title：Harm reduction journal

authors： Golub A,Johnson BD,Dunlap E

更新日期：2006-08-04 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection is a global epidemic with an estimated 71 million people infected worldwide. People who inject drugs (PWID) are overrepresented in prison populations globally and have higher levels of HCV infection than the general population. Despite increased access to primary health care...

journal_title：Harm reduction journal

authors： Crowley D,Van Hout MC,Lambert JS,Kelly E,Murphy C,Cullen W

更新日期：2018-12-11 00:00:00